Here's how much the NRA has spent supporting - or opposing - your Congress member from PA

The National Rifle Association has spent nearly $3 million supporting and opposing Congress members from Pennsylvania over the span of their careers, according to data from campaign finance tracking website OpenSecrets.

The recent mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, where a gunman killed 14 children and two teachers in an elementary school, has made firearm reform to a top priority in the House, including a Democratic-led package of bills expected to pass the House Judiciary Committee Thursday.

Those reform bills, such as raising the minimum age to purchase an AR-15-style rifle from 18 to 21 nationwide, are not expected to pass the Senate, where Republicans have indicated they would not support major gun reforms.

About 248 Republican House representatives and senators have received over $70 million in direct and indirect support from the NRA over the span of their careers, which ranges between one and 48 years in office.

The nonprofit group boasts nearly 5 million members and describes itself as a "major political force" in Second Amendment advocacy on its website.

Almost half of NRA support spending has been in Utah ($13.6 million), North Carolina ($13 million) and Missouri ($6.1 million). Nearly all of the NRA's contributions in Utah have gone to Republican Sen. Mitt Romney.

Pennsylvania ranks 10th in NRA support with nearly $2.2 million spent on seven Republican House members and retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey, who alone makes up about $1.47 million of the state total and ranks 11th for most spent on a single member nationally.

Toomey said late last month he was considering proposing a bill similar to one he worked on 10 years ago with Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia to expand background checks on all commercial gun sales following the shooting at Uvalde and another mass shooting in Buffalo, New York.

"I think that something in that space of expanding background checks to capture those commercial sales that are not commonly captured is the place where we are most likely to have a chance of getting an outcome," Toomey told WHTM-TV in Harrisburg on May 25.

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The OpenSecrets data divides the political contributions for candidates across five categories, including direct support from the nonprofit's political action committee or its employees and contributions to groups opposing a challenger to the incumbent.

More often than not, the NRA puts more money into other political committees that support an incumbent or oppose their challenger than the group does in direct support to that lawmaker.

For example, Toomey has only seen direct support form the NRA totaling about $27,250 since his first run for office in 1998 but about $889,130 has gone to groups supporting Toomey and another $559,068 has gone to groups opposing anyone who ran against him.

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The following members of Congress from Pennsylvania have received no funds in support or opposition from the NRA: Reps. Chrissy Houlahan, D-06; Mary Gay Scanlon, D-05; Madeleine Dean, D-04; Dwight Evans, D-03; Brendan Boyle, D-02; Brian Fitzpatrick, R-01.

While most of the NRA's spending has been to support about 262 sitting members of Congress through their political careers, it’s also spent about $27.8 million against 155 lawmakers.

Only three of those lawmakers opposed by the NRA are Republican, including Rep. Guy Reschenthaler of Pennsylvania’s 14th Congressional District.

About 44% of that opposition spending collectively is in North Carolina and Georgia, with Pennsylvania’s $475,997 spent against six sitting congressional members ranking 13th nationally.

Who the NRA supports

Sen. Pat Toomey, R

• First year: 1998

• Direct support: $27,250

• Independent support: $889,130

• Independent expenditures against opponent: $559,068

• Support total: $1.47 million

Rep. Mike Kelly, R-16

• First year: 2010

• Direct support: $14,000

• Independent support: $359,772

• Independent expenditures against opponent: $1,914

• Support total: $375,686

Rep. Lloyd Smucker, R-11

• First year: 2016

• Direct support: $10,950

• Independent support: $226,342

• Independent expenditures against opponent: $0

• Support total: $237,292

Rep. Scott Perry, R-10

• First year: 2012

• Direct support: $17,950

• Independent support: $31,148

• Independent expenditures against opponent: $12,945

• Support total: $62,043

Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-15

• First year: 2008

• Direct support: $14,500

• Independent support: $11,029

• Independent expenditures against opponent: $0

• Total: $25,529

Rep. John Joyce, R-13

• First year: 2018

• Direct support: $3,000

• Independent support: $12,253

• Independent expenditures against opponent: $0

• Support total: $15,253

Rep. Dan Meuser, R-09

• First year: 2008

• Direct support: $6,000

• Independent support: $8,421

• Independent expenditures against opponent: $0

• Support total: $14,421

Rep. Fred Keller, R-12

• First year: 2019

• Direct support: $3,500

• Independent support: $9,393

• Independent expenditures against opponent: $0

• Support total: $12,893

Who the NRA opposes

Sen. Bob Casey, D

• First year: 2006

• Independent opposition: $20,403

• Independent expenditures for opponent: $328,986

• Opposition total: $349,389

Rep. Conor Lamb, D-17

• First year: 2018

• Independent opposition: $1,451

• Independent expenditures for opponent: $52,066

• Opposition total: $53,517

Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-08

• First year: 2012

• Independent opposition: $0

• Independent expenditures for opponent: $46,953

• Opposition total: $46,953

Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-14

• First year: 2018

• Direct support: $4,500

• Independent support: $8,800

• Independent opposition: $0

• Independent expenditures for opponent: $33,150

• Opposition total: $19,850

Rep. Susan Wild, D-07

• First year: 2018

• Direct support: $13

• Independent support: $0

• Independent opposition: $0

• Independent expenditures for opponent: $5,169

• Opposition total: $5,156

Rep. Mike Doyle, D-18 

• First year: 1994

• Independent opposition: $566

• Independent expenditures for opponent: $566

• Opposition total: $1,132

This article originally appeared on Bucks County Courier Times: NRA spent $2.2M supporting Republican Congress members in Pennsylvania